Radlink adds to board of directors

Radlink Inc. this week announced that Peter J. Julien, MD has been elected to join the company’s board of directors.

Julien is currently director of Thoracic Imaging at Cedar-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles where he was recently named the organization’s ‘Physician of the Year’. He also has served as associate director of Radiology and director of Mammography.
           
Previously, Julien was an assistant clinical professor of Radiology at UCSF and UCLA Medical Centers. He is widely published and certified by the American Board of Radiology.

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